Vocabulary
Satire
Modest Proposal
Importance of Being Earnest
Miscellaneous
100
A clever, brief and memorable statement.
What is an epigram?
100
A literary form that chides the reader and/or the society they come from.
What is a satire?
100
Writer of "A Modest Proposal."
Who is Jonathan Swift?
100
The era in which the author of "The Importance of Being Earnest" wrote.
What is the Victorian Era?
100
This city represents a sin and scandal to most, but it is held in special regard by your teacher.
What is Las Vegas, Nevada.
200
A concrete topic that recurs throughout a text.
What is a motif?
200
A form of satire that pokes fun at the reader themselves.
What is Horatian Satire?
200
The author of "A Modest Proposal" proposed to eat this meat.
What are babies?
200
This person wrote "The Importance of Being Earnest."
Who is Oscar Wilde?
200
Ethos, Logos and Pathos.
What are the rhetorical appeals.
300
The act of taking action, i.e. employing your own __________ in a situation.
What is "Agency?"
300
A biting form of satire that is commonly harsher than others.
What is Juvenalian Satire?
300
This is the age children pick up thievery.
What is the age of six?
300
Where Jack was found as a baby.
What is a handbag?
300
This person leads the nation in rushing.
Who is Ka'Deem Carey?
400
This word is used to discuss how an author illuminates or demonstrates something in a text.
What is "elucidate?"
400
A form of satire that is usually formless and chaotic.
What is Menippean Satire?
400
The author leverages this rhetorical appeal when he discusses his mathematical research.
What is logos?
400
The act of impersonating/inventing another person to escape your current life.
What is "bunburying?"
400
This is the greatest university on the planet.
What is The University of Arizona?
500
This is the NYTimes.com word of the day and it is defined as a company of companions or supporters or a group of people approximately the same age.
What is "Cohort?"
500
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is a modern version of this type of satire.
What is Horatian Satire?
500
The author proposed this satirical essay to show this group of people the folly in their oppressive ways.
Who are the British nobility?
500
This is what the author was satirizing in his play, "The Importance of Being Earnest."
What is status and/or identity in Victorian England?
500
This person is the reason that the University of Arizona says "Bear Down."
Who is John Button Salmon?
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